He also offered 10 one-minute "position statements" to each qualified candidate, which Fox would broadcast intermittently during prime-time programs.

Both NBC and Fox will broadcast the spots without changes.

After the game, Fox will broadcast a special episode of its comedy "Malcolm in the Middle," which it expects to begin at about 10 p.m.

Fox now broadcasts programming through affiliated stations four days a week, Saturday through Tuesday.

Those are the two nights on which Fox will broadcast entertainment shows rather than the debates.

And beginning tomorrow, Fox will broadcast a much-vaunted three-part episode that will throw yet another curve at the show's story line.

In an attempt to upstage its network competitors, Fox will broadcast an episode of the series live.

That would have required Fox to broadcast its movie this week to get it on the air first.

In the United States, this was the first year that Fox broadcast the Stanley Cup Finals.

Mr. Chernin said Fox would probably not broadcast a movie every Monday until the end of the next television season.